D.C. Court of Appeals disbars Paul Manafort following felony convictions

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Source: Washington Post

Legal Issues
D.C. Court of Appeals disbars Paul Manafort following felony convictions

By Keith L. Alexander, Reporter covering crime and courts, specifically D.C. Superior Court cases, and Rachel Weiner
May 9 at 11:07 AM

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday disbarred Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, because Manafort has been convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

Manafort, who was admitted to the D.C. bar in 1979, pleaded guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Washington to the charges. He was also convicted at a trial in Alexandria federal court of eight bank and tax fraud charges stemming from millions he made in Ukraine and his attempts to get loans when that funding dried up. Manafort, 70, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for both convictions.

The decision came after the D.C. Bar in a March report alerted the court that its disciplinary counsel recommended Manafort be disbarred because of conviction of crimes “involving moral turpitude.”

In a four-page decision Thursday, the court ruled that because of Manafort’s convictions “the mandatory sanction imposed by statute is to disbar him from the practice of law.” ... Manafort’s disbarment was expected as lawyers who are convicted of a felony are subject to losing their law license in the jurisdiction in which they practiced.
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Keith L. Alexander covers crime and courts, specifically D.C. Superior Court cases, for The Washington Post. Alexander was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that investigated fatal police shootings across the nation in 2015. He joined The Post in 2001. He previously worked as a reporter for USA Today, BusinessWeek and The Dayton Daily News. Follow https://twitter.com/keithlalexander

Rachel Weiner tries to cover Alexandria's federal court from a small windowless room with no cellphone access. She sometimes ventures outside to write about crime in Alexandria and Arlington. Follow https://twitter.com/rachelweinerwp

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-court-of-appeals-disbars-paul-manafort-following-felony-convictions/2019/05/09/bcc970ee-71f4-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html

[machoneman]

1. Great! But I believe there is a similar effort to get AG Barr disbared in VA.

Hope he does get kicked out.

[lagomorph777]

2. Disbar Barr; barred from the Bar.

[INdemo]

4. Yes then Maybe we could all get together and throw a

Dis-Barr....ed Party

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Here is a link to the document:

SnittyGrappleHat Retweeted

Paul Manafort can't practice law anymore — he's been disbarred in DC in light of his criminal convictions, per a court order this morning: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5994639/Paul-Manafort-Disbarment.pdf …

He previously resigned from the Connecticut bar in advance of a disbarment proceeding: https://www.apnews.com/17d16f44834f478b8da0bb20cb08de04 …

Link to tweet

[rownesheck]

5. Shit.

How did that meathead get accepted to the bar anyway?! It really must have been lowered. Ba-dum tsh! Thank you. I'll be here all night. Be sure to tip your waitress.

[Nitram]

6. I've been waiting for this. Barr should be next to be dis-Barred.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Boohoo